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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. LISTER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE-BLACKING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 636,211, dated October 31, 1899.

Application led October 19, 1898. Serial No. 694,033. (No model.)

To all whom it 'may concern.-

Beit known that I, THOMAS E. LIsTER,a citi- Zen of\ the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Blacking Device, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to a device for holding a shoe, when off the foot, while it is being blacked; and the object thereof is to provide a simple and inexpensive bracket that will securely hold the shoe when being blacked and take up little room and when not in use may be put out of the way.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a side view of my device ready to be attached to a Wall or other support, with a shoe and last shown in section in place ready to be blacked. Fig. 2 is an end view, and Fig. 3 a plan view, of the catch which is fastened to the wall to hold the device while the shoe is being polished. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the frame on line 4 4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken on a horizontal line just below the letter F of Fig. 1.

A is the main frame, and B a screw which works in a threaded hole in the upper arm of the frame.

C is a crank attached tothe top of the screw B, by which it is operated.

D is a clamping-rod having a recess in the top thereof, in which the bottom of the screw B enters to keep the clamping-rod D in line with the screw B as it works up or down.

E is a shoe.

F, F', and Fare three pieces forming alast.

I-I is a catch to screw to the wall or other support to hold the frame A while the shoe is being polished. Screw-holes may be made in the frame to fasten it to the wall and the catch H omitted. This catch is useful only when it is desired to remove the frame after the shoe is blacked.

I are lugs on the side of the frame A to prevent it slipping through the catch H.

My device is operated as follows: The catch H is fastened to a support. The part F of the last is placed in the shoe, then the clamping-rod D, after which the other parts of the last are put in place and the shoe placed on the lower arm of the frame. With the screw B the shoe is tightly clamped in the frame, as shown in Fig. l. The frame is then slipped into the catch H and the shoe is in position to be blacked in the usual manner.

It will be observed that by making the frame Aa little longer the screw B and clamping rod D could be made in one piece; but I do not approve of this construction, as it would take longer to put the shoe in position and take it out than it does by having them in two pieces. The last varies in size to fit the shoe to be polished, and it may be dispensed with; but I prefer its use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A shoe holding device, comprising a frame having lugs for securing same to a sup port attached to the wall; a screw mounted in a threaded opening in the upper arm of said frame and having a crank on the upper end for the rotation thereof; a lower arm on said frame for supporting a shoe, a last for insertion into a shoe, a clamping-rod inter'- posed between the screw and the last, and a support arranged to be affixed to the wall and having catches adapted to receive the lugs on the frame.

2. The combination ina shoe-holding device of the G-sh aped frame A, provided with lugs I in the rear part thereof and a threaded opening in the upper arm and a bifurcated shoesupport in the lower arm, the screw B, having crank C, and a threaded shank adapted to iit into the threaded opening in the upper arm, the last F adapted to be placed in the shoe; the clamping-rod D interposed between the lower end of the screw B, and the last and having a recess in the top thereof for the reception of the lower end of the screw B; and

the support H, arranged to be screwed to the wall, and having catches. adapted to receive and hold the lugs I on the frame, substantially as shown and described.

In witness that I claim the foregoingI have hereunto subscribed my name this 13th day of October, 1898, at Los Angeles, California.

THOS. E. LISTER.

Witnesses:

G. F.. HARPHAM, W. INI. CAswELL. 

